Psalm 31:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁷ Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ LORD, don’t let me be put to shame because I have cried out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silenced in death’s domain!

Psalm 31:17 Cross References

Jeremiah 20:11

But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Psalm 115:17

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

Psalm 34:5

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

Psalm 94:17

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 35:4

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Psalm 31:1

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Psalm 4:7

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Psalm 80:4

O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Psalm 80:8

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.